Exploration and Early Settlements in California

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These forts in New Spain protected their settlements

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presidios

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Who started the first mission in Alta California?

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Father Junipero Serra

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Spanish explorers that conquered the land and the people who lived in those areas.

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conquistadors

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These were the two main ways to travel to Alta California: sea route and land route.

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sea route and land route

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This is a settlement ruled and controlled by a faraway government.

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colony

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A landform that is land with water almost all around it.

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peninsula

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Spanish explorers went in search of riches and this legendary waterway through North America.

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Strait of Anian

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Before the Spanish came to Alta California, the Indians did this to feed themselves: hunted animals and gathered plants and berries.

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hunted animals and gathered plants and berries

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This mean to resist or act against another person or group. This is what some Indians did to fight against the missionaries.

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revolt

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Farming communities that were started to supply the presidios with food

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pueblos